2000 flier from a show at the Presumpscott Grange in Portland, Maine. I'm familiar with all of these guys except One For Today, can anyone tell me more about that band? From the collection of Skummy Bob Farrington.
Maine Punk History
@mainepunk.bsky.social
Preserving and organizing the history of Punk and HC in Maine. Show fliers, photos, OOP audio, etc from old Maine Punk/HC shows. DM me submissions! Maine.punk on IG/FB.
2005 flier for a show at The Kave with Terror (CA) , Donnybrook (CA) and Outbreak (ME). Super stoked to have just downloaded a pile of Kave fliers from the collection of Jessica Harvey, scanned by Ricky Leighton
1997 calendar flier from Zootz in Portland, Maine. Lots of good shows on here, with local regulars BMH, Pinkerton Thugs, and Cerberus Shoal. Touring HC acts Sam Black Church, 25 Ta Life and Blood for Blood. Touring metal headliners Eye Hate God and Testament.
I went to see Billy Bragg a couple months ago. As usual it was a great show, I definitely recommend seeing him live if you are fan. In the meantime, here is a live recording from that show. archive.org/details/bill...
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at the punk show last night i found a flyer for the first show i ever played. we were the + more tba. this was 2000, maybe a week after i graduated high school
More OOP Maine Punk media. 2006 CD from Fictional Drift, a teenaged punk band from Brunswick, active in the mid-2000s. Thanks to Joe W (drummer in the band) for the loan of the CD and permission to post on @archive.org . Find it at archive.org/details/bottom-of-a-city
Komatiite at Blue on Oct 16th 2025. Live audio at archive.org/details/koma.... Glad I dragged my ass out to see my friend Ryan‘s new band. Kinda hard to believe I’ve been watching this guy play in bands for 25 years. Falafel Attack! Doesn’t seem like yesterday, but not 25 years either.
Jeffrey Lewis at Space Gallery July 26 2025 I’ve seen him play a bunch of times, it’s always great show. This one featured a 13 minute oration / medley about the development of Punk in NYC from 1950 to 1975… so definitely check that out! archive.org/details/jeff...
Getting around to posting audio from last summer. Myles Bullen opening for Pigeon Pit at the Bike Barn . Audio recording available to download or stream for free at archive.org/details/myle...
1978 flier for Boston Punk/garage rockers DMZ playing at Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art & Design). This is one of the oldest fliers from Maine that I have seen, so it makes a lot of sense that it came from the collection of Richard Julio.
Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, and The Lanterns at The Office, Portland, Maine 2005-03-03 I posted this flier awhile ago, but hadn't found the photos at that point. This was the first Johnny Hobo show outside of VT. Audio of the whole show is available at archive.org/search?query...
Picnic Casket at the Sahara Club 2007-01-28 . Stoked to find these photos while digging through an old HD. I tried to shoot a video at the time but it was just too dark. I wish I got better photos of the massive pillow fight that broke. Audio of this set at archive.org/details/pcas...
Another out of print cassette digitized! This is Our Time Has Come by Angry Folk. They were from Portland and active in the late 90s, until around 2000. This tape has 5 originals, 2 covers (including a Brother Inferior song), clips of Mumia Abu-Jamal etc archive.org/details/angryfolkourtime
1986 flier from a garage rock show at Geno’s in Portland, Maine.
1980 flier for The Donn’s 2 night stand at The Downtown Lounge in Portland. Hailing from Brooksville, The Donn’s were one of the first punk bands in Maine.
2004 Flier for a show put on by Muscle City Productions at The Industry in Portland. I could definitely use more info on Clit 45 and Complete Control.
Live audio recording from last week’s Pigeon Pit show at @bikebarn.bsky.social is up on the Live Music Archive. More audio from this show coming soon! archive.org/details/pige...
Pigeon Pit Live at The Bike Barn on 2025-06-24 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
01. Intro02. Bad Advice03. Empties04. Stone Song05. Love Letters > Milk Crates06. Wichitalk07. X?08. Nights Like These09. River Song10. Bronco11. Crazy...
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Time for another show at the Bike Barn! June 24th we’ve got Pigeon Pit from WA coming through with local support from Myles Bullen and Milk St. $15 cash NOTAFLOF. Doors at 6pm / Show at 7pm. All ages welcome. It’s probably gonna be pretty packed, so wear a mask.
I just uploaded the audio from Takaat’s set at The Apohadion last week to the Live Music Archive at archive.org. Thanks to @takaat_ for giving permission to share the audio! archive.org/details/taka...
Great show last night at the Apohadeon in Portland with Takaat (Niger) and Crazy Deja Vu (Maine).
2005 flyer for a folk-punk show at a vacant office space on middle st in Portland. I believe Spoonboy was the instigating artist for this one and the other acts were local/regional folks who @samn thought would be a good match. I remember this show well, although I lost the photos I took.
2 1993 fliers for Tribe 8 playing at Zootz with local support from The Brood and Have Not. I’ve got both the show flier and the ledger size color poster from the this Tribe 8 tour. Tribe 8 was a pretty early queercore band from SF.
Flyer of unknown origin and date. I'm guessing 1990s? Maybe Y2k? I sure am glad it's not more relevant than ever in today's climate 🙄. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.
Flier for Big Meat Hammer and Maelstrom at Zootz in Portland, year unknown. From the collection of Lenny Smith and Jordan Kratz.
2012 digital flier for a show at The Flask in Portland. From the collection of Derrick Cameron
A selection of photos of The Pontiffs from the collection of Gina Brown . The Pontiffs were a punky rock n roll band started by Kip Brown in 1991 that continued until the 2000s. They had a large catalog of original tunes, but never released any recordings that I'm aware of.